''Paniegekko'' is a monotypic genus of geckos in the family Diplodactylidae, containing the species ''Paniegekko madjo''. It is endemic to humid montane forests on

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Mont Panié Mont Panié is a mountain on the island of Grande Terre in New Caledonia, a special collectivity of France located in the south-west Pacific Ocean. At , it is the island's highest point. Mont Panié is situated in the Chaîne Centrale mountain ...

in the Panié massif of

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. It was once considered a species of ''

Bavayia ''Bavayia'' is a genus of lizards in the family Diplodactylidae. Species in the genus ''Bavayia'' are also known commonly as New Caledonian geckos or bavayias. The genus is native to the remote New Caledonia and Loyalty Islands. The 41 species a ...

'', a similar genus of arboreal geckos. ''Paniegekko madjo'' is endangered, owing to predation by introduced rodents and cats combined with habitat degradation by wildfires and introduced pigs (''

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'') and deer ('' Rusa timorensis''). It has not been observed since 1998.Sadlier, R.A., Bauer, A.M., Jourdan , H., Astrongatt, S., Deuss, M., Duval, T., Bourguet, E., McCoy, S., Bouteiller, A. & Lagrange, A. 2021. ''Paniegekko madjo''. ''The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species'' 2021: e.T176192A123129097. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T176192A123129097.en.

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Diplodactylidae Geckos of New Caledonia Taxa named by Aaron M. Bauer Taxa named by Todd R. Jackman Taxa named by Ross Allen Sadlier Taxa named by Anthony Whitaker Monotypic lizard genera {{Diplodactylidae-stub